Feminism

1. Feminism David Velazquez Perez Jailine Padilla Perez

2. The Feminist Movement: A History In Pictures

3. What is Feminism? • A doctrine that advocates equal rights for women. • It refers to movements aimed at defining, establishing and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. • Is a movement that made and it’s still making women be heard.

4. Famous Feminists • Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) -Was a radical in the sense that she desired to bridge the gap between mankind's present circumstances and ultimate perfection. She was truly a child of the French Revolution and saw a new age of reason and benevolence close at hand. Mary undertook the task of helping women to achieve a better life, not only for themselves and for their children, but also for their husbands. Of course, it took more than a century before society began to put her views into effect.

5. Truth, Sojourner (1797-1883). Born a slave in New York, Sojourner Turth was orginally called Isabella Van Wagner. She gained her freedom in 1827, after most of her thirteen children had been sold. She took the name "Sojourner Truth" in 1843 after having a vision. In 1836, Truth became the first Black to win a slander action against whites. At the 1851 Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio, her powerful "Ain't I a Woman" speech awed even detractors.

6. Sanger, Margaret (9/14/1883-9/6/1966). Birth control pioneer who first worked as a nurse, where she witnessed first-hand the health hazards of unwanted pregnancy. Her fifty year crusade to educate women about birth control resulted in numerous arrests on charges of obscenity and the founding of what was to become the Planned Parenthood Federation. Sanger also published numerous pamphlets and magazines, among them Woman Rebel, a monthly magazine, Family Limitation, a pamphlet of contraceptive advice, and The Birth Control Review. Additionally, Sanger wrote several books, including Women, Morality and Birth Control; My Fight for Birth Control, and Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography.

7. Ginsburg, Ruth (born 1933) Director of Women's Rights project of the American Civil Liberties Union and argued many cases before the Supreme Court. Was appointed ot the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton in 1993.

8. Stone, Lucy (1818-93). American feminist and abolitionist, born in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, and educated at Oberlin College. Noted as a lecturer on woman suffrage and as an advocate of the abolition of slavery. A leader of the American Woman's Suffrage Association, she founded (1870) the Woman's Journal, the chief publication of the women's movement. Until her death she edited the journal, assisted by her husband, the American abolitionist Henry Blackwell. Stone created controversy by retaining her maiden name after her marriage as a symbol of a woman's right to individuality. Those who followed her example came to be known as Lucy Stoners.

9. Types of Feminism • Liberal- is characterized by an individualistic emphasis on equality. • Socialist (marxist)- is different than liberal feminism in that it emphasizes that true equality will not be achieved without major overhauls within society-- particularly economic overhauls. • Radical- Is similar to socialist feminism in that it emphasizes the need for dramatic social change in order to achieve genuine equality for women. • Third Wave- Although it does not reject political activism, this type of feminism is focused more on personal empowerment as a starting place for social change. • Ecofeminism- draws parallels between the domination and exploitation of both women and nature. • Black- posits that sexism and racism are inextricably linked, and that sexism will never be overcome while the system is still so fundamentally racist.

10. References • http://www.univer.omsk.su/gender/famous_fem.html • http://www.suite101.com/content/types-of-feminism-a51502

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